The Sandlot 

This is the ultimate summertime movie for me. It conjures every aspect of the perfect summer, captures it in an old Coke bottle, shakes it up, and rains its sticky, sweet story to refresh your childhood. The pool scene is a peak 90s family comedy. Not just one of the best baseball movies ever but also just one of the best movies ever. 

Creepshow 2 

Two words: THE RAFT. It did for secluded lakes what The Stuff did for refrigerators. Funny enough, I don’t think it’s actually summer in this one. It’s probably all the sand, speedos, joint smoking, swimming, and getting slowly digested alive by a gnarly water monster stuff that makes it feel summer-y.

Summer School 

You knew there would be at least ONE movie with the word summer in it, right? It’s gotta be this one for me. This movie is so fun, wacky, funny, heartfelt, and infinitely rewatchable. The prank horror scene Chainsaw and Dave put together is worth the watch alone. 

Heavyweights

As a former fat kid, this movie is everything. Ben Stiller’s performance is unhinged and hilarious. You forget it’s a Disney movie. This movie will forever be in my summer stack of tapes. Just remember: don’t put Twinkies on your pizza!! 

Stand by Me

This is a coming-of-age masterpiece, and I watch it every summer. It captures that feeling. You know that feeling of wonder and excitement, innocence and invincibility. And how quickly you have to grow up. For the 89 mins, this is on, it takes me back to that time when the whole world was ahead of you, but the only thing that mattered was what was in front of you. 

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